The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)

97.
LORD KIRA
The only danger is to Lady Asano.
In their excitement, many accidents
have fallen on brides on their
wedding night.
(malicious)
The moment I wed her, I will become
a widower...and the true legal
ruler of Asano lands in more than
name only.
(grim beat)
No. The wedding goes on.
As the Messenger bows and exits, we PRELAP A MAN CRYING OUT
IN AGONY, and --
HARD CUT TO:
A DEEP AND TERRIBLE SWORD WOUND
HANDS trying to hold the skin together, trying to stop the
gushing blood. The victim is one of Oishi’s ronin. The man
trying to staunch the flow (SHIOTA) is another.
SHIOTA
It won’t stop!
VOICE (OS)
Hold him down.
It’s Minoru. As they hold him, Minoru takes his sword from
the coals of a brazier. The blade GLOWS ORANGE with heat and
SIZZLES as he presses it to the wound.
The injured ronin shrieks...but when the sword is taken away,
the laceration has been CAUTERIZED.
Now WIDEN TO REVEAL the rest of the scene. It’s a horror
show of post-battle triage. BASHO having the arrows cut from
his back. OKUDA having his cheek stitched together from a
cut you can see his teeth through. ISOGAI grunting as thick
fingers pull a musketball from his shoulder. We are:
INT. ABANDONED FARMHOUSE - NIGHT
Where the ronin are licking their wounds from their narrow
escape.
IN THE BACK ROOM
Oishi watches the scene in despair. Minoru enters and stands
beside him.